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Karachi: 2 killed in clash between rival gangs

Karachi: 2 killed in clash between rival gangs

KARACHI: A woman and a young man were killed in an armed clash between what police described as ‘criminal groups with political support’ in Gulistan–i–Jauhar on Monday. The clash sowed fear in PehlawanGoth and areas around RabiaCity, where business activities remained suspended for a second consecutive day and public transport stayed off the road. The police said the situation turned ugly when one of the gangsopenedfire on their rivals who had come to PehlawanGoth to mourn the death of LiaquatBangash, a former AwamiNationalParty (ANP) office-bearer who died reportedly after jumping off the fourth floor of a building to avoid arrest.

“That first incident of firing though did not cause any casualty, it sparked a clash-like situation between Bangash and Mudassir Chief groups,” said an official at the Gulistan–i–Jauharpolicestation.

The police said Mudassir alias chief, the suspected ring leader of a gang actively involved in drugpeddling and other criminal activities, had an old rivalry with LiaquatBangash.

“Afterwards armed men from the two sides took positions and exchangedfire. More than half a dozen people, including a woman, were wounded in the firing by the time the Rangers and police regained control of the area,” he added.

“They all were shifted to the JinnahPostgraduateMedicalCentre, where GulshanBibi and ImdadHussaindied during treatment,” said the official.

“The woman was standing in her first-floor home’s balcony in the PehlawanGotharea when she was hit by a bullet. The other deceased is said to be an associate of the LiaquatBangash group,” he added.

“Both the groups enjoy political support or association with influential individuals,” said Gulistan–i–JauharSHOInspectorTahirAyub.

He said the police had managed to identify the people involved in the clash and efforts were under way to locate and arrest them.

In the evening, contingents of the Rangers and police were deployed in the strife-hit parts of Gulistan-i-Jauhar. Sources said the paramilitary force picked up nearly a dozen people during raids in different areas of the locality.